Protecting attachment for faucets.



E. W. BUCKINGHAM'. PROTECTING ATTACHMENT PCB FAUCETS.

APPLICATION FILED APRTZB, 1912.

1,056,735, Patented Mar.18, 1913.

amuewtd'a (Buckingham UNITED, STATES PATENT OFFICE, A

EDGAR W. BUCKINGHAM, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

I PROTECTING ATTACHMENT FOR FAUCETS.

i To all whom it may concern. v 3

Be it known that I, EDGAR W. BUGKING- HA'M, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State ofOhio, have invented new and useful Improvements in ProtectingAttachments for Faucets, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to devices for protecting china, glasses or likefragile articles from being broken'when brought into contact with afaucet, an object of the invention being to provide an elastic devicewhich can be conveniently placed upon a faucet and geld againstaccidental displacement there- In the drawing forming a portion of thisapplication, and in which like letters of reference indicate similarparts in the several views :--Figure l is a side view of a faucetshowing the application of the invention thereto. Fig. 2 1s a verticalsection through the mouth of the faucet and through the dev1ce. y

The faucet 1 herein shown is of the usual well known construction, beingprovided with a depending mouth 2 towhich my improved protecting device3 is engaged.

The protecting device comprises a main cushioning member 4 and aretaining member 5, the former having its walls increased downwardly andextended at their lower edges into a'horizontal stop flange 6. Themember 4 embraces the discharge end of the mouth whereby the flange 6engages against the lower edge of the mouth 2 so as to limit the slidingadjustment of the member 4; in one direction. The member 5 is of a formto slidably fit upon the mouth 2 and its walls 7 are of an upwardlyincreased thickness whereby the inner surface of the member 5 can bebrought to bear frictionally against the exterior surface of the member4. From this construction it is evident that the upper reduced'portionof the member 4 may be brought into efiec'tive engagement with the mouthof the faucet on adjustment of the companion member 5. Both of themembers of the device may be constructed of rubber and when applied tothe faucet as shown in the drawing they may combine to form a guard toelfectually prevent the breakage of fragile articles should they beaccidentally brought into contact with the faucet.

I claim:- v v The combination with a faucet, of an elastic protectingdevice therefor comprising, a member of yieldable material having a wallembracing the mouth of the faucet, the said wall being of an increasedthickness toward the discharge end of the mouth and terminating belowthe mouth in a stop flange contacting with the lower edge of the mouth,and a second member of yieldable' material adapted for slidingadjustment on the Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Mar, 18,1913, v 1 AppHcationfiledAprfl 26, 1912. Serial 110 693331. v

mouth, the second member having a wall of a downwardly decreasingthickness adapted to embrace the portion of the wall of minimumthickness of the first member and to press the wall of said first memberinto clamping contact with the mouth of the fau- I cet, the secondmember having less depth than the first member so that when the.

former is operatively associated with'the latter,'the latter will beexposed from one end of said second member at the discharge end of themouth.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature I in presenceof two witnesses.

EDGAR w. BUGKINGHAM.

Witnesses:

CHAS. SGHWICK, CHARLES A. MASSEY.

